SB 1942 empowers patients and doctors

April 9, 2026

Jonathan Small

It’s no secret that government intervention and middlemen are chiefly to blame for rising health care costs.

Senate Bill 1942 is an attempt to help patients and their doctors be less restricted by middlemen—in this case, insurers—who want to dictate to patients and doctors what patients and doctors determine is an acceptable price for dental services.

The reality is that sometimes an insurance policy or plan may not cover the full cost for a service that is or isn’t covered by the plan. In this case, the free-market-based position is to allow patients and providers to agree with each other on a total price, allowing a plan to cover whatever portion of the cost it will, and have patients pay providers any difference they agree to for that service.

The more patients and medical providers are allowed to agree on prices acceptable to them, the greater chance we will have over the long term to reduce health care costs, empower patients, and ensure access to health care with less government and middlemen interference.

We encourage lawmakers to vote yes on SB 1942.